Galerías Perinorte

Galerías Perinorte is a regional shopping center in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico, serving communities in the northwestern portion of the Mexico City metropolitan area. The complex covers approximately 90,000 square meters, or about 970,000 square feet, and operates within Galerías, the shopping-center division associated with El Puerto de Liverpool. Its retail mix combines department stores, a hypermarket, cinema entertainment, and other shopping-center services. The center was designed by architect Manuel Rocha Díaz. Construction took place between 1985 and 1990, while the shopping center opened to the public in 1992. Its location is strategically linked to the northern metropolitan road network, near the point where the Periférico Norte ring road becomes the México–Querétaro highway, a route associated with Mexican Federal Highway 57D. This position gives the property a broad catchment area extending beyond Cuautitlán Izcalli into other northern municipalities of the metropolitan region. The principal anchor tenants identified for the center include a Cinépolis multiplex cinema, a Soriana Híper hypermarket, and Liverpool and Suburbia department stores. The hypermarket formerly operated under the Gigante name. The department-store presence also reflects a change in the portfolio of El Puerto de Liverpool: the Liverpool location originally opened as a Fábricas de Francia branch, but Fábricas de Francia stores were converted to Liverpool or Suburbia formats in September 2018. The Perinorte location was subsequently identified with the Liverpool and Suburbia brands rather than the former Fábricas de Francia name. The name Perinorte follows a naming pattern associated with Galerías and with commercial developments around northern Mexico City. It evokes Perisur, another Galerías shopping center whose name refers to the southern section of the Anillo Periférico. In Perinorte, the “Peri” element similarly relates to the northern ring-road setting. Nearby developments have also used “Perinorte” or “Punto Norte” in their names, making the term part of the wider commercial identity of the area. Galerías Perinorte is best understood as a destination-oriented shopping center rather than as a standalone retail product brand. Its role is to aggregate everyday shopping, department-store purchasing, food and leisure activities, and cinema entertainment in one accessible metropolitan complex. Public reference material does not establish a separate founding company, named founder, or independently reported financial results for the center. Ownership and management information available in the reference material connects the property with El Puerto de Liverpool’s Galerías division.

Galerías Perinorte was developed as a large shopping center for the expanding northern sector of the Mexico City metropolitan area. The project was designed by architect Manuel Rocha Díaz and built between 1985 and 1990. It opened in 1992 in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico, on a site connected to the northern metropolitan highway system. The center’s approximate area is 90,000 square meters, making it a substantial regional retail destination rather than a small neighborhood center. Its location is central to the identity of the property. The center stands along the corridor where Periférico Norte transitions toward the México–Querétaro highway, part of the route associated with Federal Highway 57D. This road position supports access from Cuautitlán Izcalli and other northern municipalities and helps explain the center’s role as a destination for both routine shopping and discretionary retail. Galerías Perinorte operates as part of Galerías, the shopping-center division of El Puerto de Liverpool. Its anchor configuration has included a Cinépolis multiplex, a Soriana Híper hypermarket, and Liverpool and Suburbia department stores. The hypermarket was formerly operated under the Gigante name. The department-store history is linked to El Puerto de Liverpool’s restructuring of its retail banners: the store originally opened as Fábricas de Francia, and the Fábricas de Francia locations were converted to Liverpool or Suburbia in September 2018. The center’s name follows the naming logic of Perisur, another Galerías property. Perisur’s name refers to its position along the southern section of Mexico City’s Periférico. Perinorte applies the same directional idea to the northern ring-road corridor. The Perinorte and Punto Norte names are also used by other nearby businesses and developments, so the term functions both as a shopping-center name and as a broader local commercial identifier. The property’s historical significance lies primarily in its development as a large-format, multi-anchor shopping center serving a growing metropolitan periphery. It brought department-store retail, supermarket shopping, and cinema entertainment together in a single complex and remained associated with El Puerto de Liverpool’s broader Galerías portfolio. Publicly available reference material does not provide a separate account of later expansions, financial performance, individual executives, or a distinct corporate entity separate from the group that owns the center.

• 2018

  Fábricas de Francia identity is replaced

  [1]Galerías Perinorteen.wikipedia.org

  The Fábricas de Francia store network is converted to Liverpool or Suburbia banners in September, changing the historical department-store identity associated with the center.

• 1992

  Galerías Perinorte opens

  [1]Galerías Perinorteen.wikipedia.org

  The approximately 90,000-square-meter shopping center opens in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico.

• 1990

  Construction period concludes

  [1]Galerías Perinorteen.wikipedia.org

  The principal construction period is completed before the center’s public opening.

• 1985

  Construction begins

  [1]Galerías Perinorteen.wikipedia.org

  Construction of the shopping center begins under the design of architect Manuel Rocha Díaz.

A large, accessible regional shopping center combining department stores, grocery retail, entertainment, and complementary services for northern Mexico City metropolitan consumers.

• Department store

  Liverpool

  A major department-store anchor offering fashion, home goods, consumer products, and other general merchandise. The Perinorte location originally operated as a Fábricas de Francia branch before that chain’s stores were converted to Liverpool or Suburbia formats in September 2018.

• Department store

  Suburbia

  A department-store anchor within the El Puerto de Liverpool retail portfolio. Its presence at Perinorte complements Liverpool and broadens the center’s apparel and general-merchandise offer.

• Hypermarket

  Soriana Híper

  A hypermarket anchor serving grocery, household, and everyday consumer needs. The location formerly operated under the Gigante banner before becoming associated with Soriana Híper.

• Multiplex cinema

  Cinépolis

  A multiplex cinema providing the center’s principal entertainment anchor and helping position Galerías Perinorte as a destination for leisure as well as shopping.

• 2018

  Conversion from Fábricas de Francia to Liverpool or SuburbiaStrategy

  Background

  The store at Perinorte had originally operated under the Fábricas de Francia banner. El Puerto de Liverpool subsequently ended the chain’s store identity as part of a network-wide format transition.

  Action taken

  In September 2018, Fábricas de Francia stores were rebranded as either Liverpool or Suburbia, including the department-store presence associated with Galerías Perinorte.

  Aftermath

  The center’s department-store offer became aligned with the Liverpool group’s continuing Liverpool and Suburbia banners.

  Source

1. 1Galerías Perinorteen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Galerías Perinorte official pagegalerias.com